Day 26 Ya gotta keep on, keepin’ on

HMR maintenance class was good last night and I am on day 26 of my all liquid fast (second time around – see my original day 26 for all the details).

I lost 6 pounds this week and feeling good at the weigh in. The strange part is that I am doing more shakes then the first time I did the HMR diet – I was doing 800 calories a day last year and now I am doing 1200 calories a day and losing more weight. The only difference is that I am exercising  from the start of the diet with at least an hour of fast walking every day until I can get into the groove/motivation to run again.  I am also taking a top quality vitamins I purchased and not the HMR vitamins along with fish oil capsules. I don’t think the HMR vitamins are bad, I had these from before and since I paid for them I might as well take them.

I feel so much better and motivated again.  I am in my routine now and I will continue shakes until November when I take some time away and visit my family that I haven’t seen in awhile. I will try to do 3 shakes and two meals during that time with lots of fruits and veggies… it should be good and then when I return back to all shakes. YES – going on and off shakes is tough – it is a mental game that I had fought for some time. I actually tried to go back on shakes several times but always gave in. I went to a wedding about a month ago and couldn’t fit into any of my clothes so I had to buy a pair of pants (All my previous fat pants I donated to goodwill) and then when I saw the pictures I freak out that I was getting FAT again and that is what I needed and here I am now back on shakes. Shakes are starting to feel like a hobby to me… A hobby that I hope to quit soon!